Crews were busy trimming trees in the bay area, that could knock down power lines during the storm. Workers hired by pg e chopped down three 70 foot monterrey pines that wrapped their branches around distribution lines. More than 200,000 customers were affected by blackouts during last months storm. Everybodys getting ready, what do we expect to see tonight . Spencer christian is live with an accuweather update. Its on its way hours away heres live doppler 7 hd. You can see we have lots of clouds increasing in the area. The rain is yet to arrive, its on its way, and will likely arrive tonight in the north bay and spread to the rest of the bay tomorrow. Heres the abrooching storm, a different view bringing with it a high risk of urban flooding, meaning flooding of low lying areas and poor drainage areas. Rock slides, wind damage. Only a slight risk of river flooding, we expect up to 10 inches of rain from the storm. A Flash Flood Watch is issued for the north bay. 10 00 tonight to 6 00
The breaking news is in the east bay where police have made an arrest in a disturbing attack. And an 8yearold girl was molested in an Alameda County store just steps from her mother. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im amadaetz. There is disturbing new details about the suspect. Alan . Investigators had suspected it this guy had done this before and tonight they say their suspicions were confirmed. Meanwhile customers and employees in the store say they were happy to hear of the arrest. The identity of the suspect has not been released, but the Alameda County sheriff investigators say they positively identified him on surveillance cameras. They say he is a 33yearold man who sexually assaulted an 8yearold girl in the toy aisle of the 99 cent only store. We are finding out more of the suspect when investigators hold a press conference tomorrow. Reporting live near Hayward Alan Wang abc7 news. Thank you. And now to the weather. The storm that is set to soak the bay area. Lets take a live look
Funny, kyle. Babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. A healthy baby is worth the wait. The breaking news is in the east bay where police have made an arrest in a disturbing attack. And an 8yearold girl was molested in an Alameda County store just steps from her mother. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im amadaetz. There is disturbing new details about the suspect. Alan . Investigators had suspected it this guy had done this before and tonight they say their suspicions were confirmed. Meanwhile customers and employees in the store say they were happy to hear of the arrest. The identity of the suspect has not been released, but the Alameda County sheriff investigators say they positively identified him on surveillance cameras. They say he is a 33yearold man who sexually assaulted an 8yearold girl in the toy aisle of the 99 cent only store. We are finding out more of the suspect when investigators hold a press conference tomorrow. Reporting live near Hayward Alan Wang abc7 news.
50 and it is everywhere, and 60 in some of our Higher Elevations and the gusts are up to 15 Miles Per Hour. The day lander is upper 50s to 60s at noon and the rain hits the north bay this afternoon into the evening. Drivers behaving . So far, so good but now the rain is rolling in we have not had much rain so a lot of oil is. Up on the roads so as you travel, redepose the speed. You risk the chance of hydroplaneing and slipping a sliding and at the eastern span of the bay bridge, rolling smooth in San Francisco. Thank you. We have a few more hours before the powerful rainstorm that mike was talking about. This is a strange mix of expectation because we do need the rain and anxiety over the damage the storm could cause. We have storm preparations. People are grateful the rain is coming and people would live if lowlying areas know they need to prepare like here in mill valley we are on miller avenue an area known to see flood. You will see sandbags just in case a spot below sea level so
If heavy rain on the horizon if heavy rain on the horizon. Of with it high winds and possible flooding. Preparing for not 1 but 2 storms expected to absolutely soak much of the bay area. Good evening im dan ashley. Im amma. Take a live look from our exploratorium camera. You can see some of the clouds there moving in. 7 news meteorologist sandhya is tracking the storm but that. Live doppler 7 hd like you havent seen tonight days. Finally seeing some moisture moving in. Ill take you in a little bit closer here and show you where it has been raining. We get some very light rainfall around point arena. Ukiah area seeing rape. I had a viewer tweet me its pouring in mendocino as you can see some yellow showing up there. Sea ranch very light returns. Flash flood watch up now through 6 00 a. M. Saturday. For the north bay creek streams could rapidly rise we look at flooding in poor drainage area mud slide rock slide pretty good possibility and wind advisory tomorrow morning at 4 until 4 satur